Love
Published March 22, 2010 | 
I been listening to this guy for years on and off now and today I was listening to a sermon about Love. This one really spoke to me today so I wanted to share it. It can be listened to here. It’s under “Spirituality That Heals – Love”. Or you can read it here.
It’s a very good message, and so true. So many do not know the true meaning of love. Love these days seem to mean lust. Most teens say they “love” someone when really they are just lusting, so they get involved with someone and a few months later break it off because the “love” is no longer there. Loving someone is being there for them even when they don’t deserve it, it means no matter what they do, how they are acting at the moment, or what they are going through, you still love them. That is unconditional love and is the type we should have. It’s hard, I won’t deny it, but that’s what I strive for. To let go of the things people have wronged you with and forgive AND forget. Which I can forgive but forgetting is the hard part, I don’t trust very well after my trust has been broken, and therefore I cannot see the person in the same way. I’m always on my guard around them. Especially if it’s a friend or acquaintance, and the way I felt about them is no longer there, I do not love them as a friend anymore. It takes a very long time to return if it returns at all. I wish I could let go of things like that easier but it’s hard. Something that still needs a lotta work.
So anyways, my little blip of the day, the whole series is really well done, I would recommend listening to it all. He puts out podcasts that automatically download. Really good stuff. 
I am…
Published December 24, 2009 | This is something I posted on another journal that I thought I’d share here too. I hope everyone has a great Christmas and New Year. I’ll definitely have some more movie reviews ready soon, been watching a lot lately.
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I am thankful for life right now. I’m thankful I have an amazing husband that is always supportive even when I’m being negative to the nth power, and having him believe in me no matter what. I am thankful I have super awesome friends who are there for me to talk to and for them to talk some sense into me. I am thankful for a very loving and caring family, that no matter what would be there for me. I am thankful for my pets, those present and past, who give me all their love. I am thankful God is there for me. I am thankful that he watches out for us, and in our time of greatest need he shines through magnificently.
Whenever times are at their darkest, there is a little bit of light that keeps me going.
It is hard to see the positive in a sea full of negative, but it is there, and you gotta hold onto it for dear life. Lose sight of it and you will sink.
In every tragedy there is a positive.
Live your life, don’t worry about what’s to come. Worry brings nothing but fear and distress.
I am often discouraged along the path of life and would like to give up, but I know I can make it if I press onward. When it’s said, it cannot be done, you will not succeed, I want to prove them wrong.
Do the most you can in your life, don’t waste your time for it is precious and you can never know what is coming your way.
Life troubles build up and sometimes they feel too heavy to carry, and they often bring me down. I have to focus on the good things I have in this life and how rich I truly am. No I haven’t much money at all, but I am rich in loving and caring people.
I am one of the richest people on earth for those reasons. I don’t need money to be happy, I don’t need things to be happy, all I need is to know that those people care, and that they are there for me.
Some Thoughts
Published February 7, 2009 | These are just some thoughts I thought I would share here. I have browsed dA quite often and bumped into a lot of really awesome Christians here and then I also manage to bump into some that just make me scratch my head.
I consider myself a Christian, and anyone who is familiar with the faith will know what all that entails so I shan’t go into that in great detail. I have a rule of treat others as I would like to be treated. Meaning I won’t go pushing my beliefs into your face like so many feel they have to. I have had people do it to me and it pisses me off, so I won’t do it to anyone. If asked I’ll elaborate and give answers to the best of my ability though.
Moving on to the actual point of this post!
I have noticed a lot of so-called Christians around dA, and well just about any community site really, so full of hate and bigotry. Which makes me question how much of a Christian they really are. Christ taught to love everyone, he never looked down upon anyone. In fact he healed and befriended many that society had labeled as outcasts or not good enough. Lepers, prostitutes, tax collectors, etc.
Why do so many Christians, and I find it tends to be on a certain side of the US, feel that they must outcast, call names, shun, and HATE people that hold different views from them? So what if someone is gay? Don’t hate them for it, you can dislike a person’s lifestyle and still love the person. “Love the sinner, hate the sin.”
When I see the Uber/Ultra Christian, yes that is what I call them sometimes Nazi almost fits, running around screaming at people that they hate gays and other types of people it really annoys me. We aren’t supposed to be bigots or filled with hatred. That shows nothing of the love Christ has for us all. I think sometimes we have severely warped God’s will into something ugly by seeing the scriptures and interpreting them through our own colored glasses. Using it as an excuse for our own endevours rather than what it really is. I truly believe that’s why some groups of Christians act is completely un-biblical and I just hope someday they can figure that out.
I’m not saying be so liberal that you forget your roots and core beliefs to where you let all your morals go, but don’t just hate a person for their lifestyle. Sometimes that’s all they have ever known. Keep in mind that not everyone was raised with the same beliefs as you, and that doesn’t make them wrong or a bad person. Though in the eyes of many anything but their belief is wrong and should therefore not exist. I don’t believe we have all the answers, and we never will. We should live life to fullest and be full of love for one another, and respect. Something I find society as a whole has lost.
We should try to be accepting of others not turn them out because they have different beliefs and opinions or another color of skin. That is very petty of anyone who does it. Sure sometimes it’s hard to not stereotype, but stereotyping goes against everything I believe and therefore I try to not do it. This doesn’t just apply to the Ultra Christians, it also goes for other religiouns, faiths, beliefs, whatever!
AND on a totally different note.
Why do so many people feel it’s a RIGHT to view my art? I have been told I am a very selfish person and there must be something wrong with me when I take down my art. Seriously it’s not a right it’s a PRIVILEGE. That goes for any artist’s works. It’s their choice to share it with you so therefore you have the privilege to see/hear/read it. If they take it down they usually have a pretty darn good reason. Just enjoy it while you can and don’t give them bullcrap if they leave. Of course most of the reason they do leave is all the bullcrap people shower over them while they are a part of the online communities.
Some artists do get a big head from their popularity but I know oh so many who don’t, and for those who don’t it really sucks that people generalize us all. If you can draw somewhat well and post your work anywhere people will automatically assume things about you and I hate that.
So that’s pretty much all I had to share with you folks today. I finally got the auto plugger to work…though it plugs ON the post itself and not on the current post… oh well. 
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